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	<h2>DataType: DataType.Date.format()</h2>

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	<p>The Date module of the DataType Utility allows you to format a JavaScript Date object into a string with <code>strftime</code> syntax.</p>

<p><strong>NOTE:</strong> As of 3.1.0, the formatting patterns used by DateType.Date can be driven by external language resource bundles as described in the <a href="datatype_dateformat_lang.html">"Formatting Dates Using Language Resource Bundles" Example</a>. This examples currently uses the 3.0.0 <code>dateFormat</code> and <code>locale</code> instance configuration support which have been deprecated.</p>
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<script type="text/javascript">
YUI({ filter: 'raw' }).use("node", "datatype-date", function (Y) {
    Y.on("click", function(e){
        var date = new Date(),
            output = Y.DataType.Date.format(date, {format:Y.one("#demo_format").get("value"), locale:Y.one("#demo_locale").get("value")});

        if(output === "") {
            output += "(Invalid input)"
        }
        Y.one("#demo_output").setContent(output.replace(/&/g,"&amp;").replace(/</g,"&lt;").replace(/>/g,"&gt;"));
    }, "#demo_btn");
});
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	<p>To format a JavaScript Date object into a string, simply call the <code>format()</code> function of the <code>DataType.Date</code> class. You may pass in optional format and locale values, but the default <code>format</code> value is <code>"%F"</code> and the default <code>locale</code> value is <code>"en-US"</code>:</p>

<div id="syntax-a7c6025ef928e82e09e6f22d6f0db395" class="yui-syntax-highlight"><div class="numbers"><pre class="javascript" style="font-family:monospace;"><ol><li class="li1"><div class="de1">YUI<span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span>.<span class="kw2">use</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="st0">&quot;datatype-date&quot;</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="kw2">function</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span>Y<span class="br0">&#41;</span> <span class="br0">&#123;</span></div></li><li class="li1"><div class="de1">    <span class="kw2">var</span> output <span class="sy0">=</span> Y.<span class="me1">DataType</span>.<span class="me1">Date</span>.<span class="me1">format</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="kw2">new</span> Date<span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="br0">&#125;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">;</span></div></li><li class="li1"><div class="de1">    <span class="kw3">alert</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span>output<span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">;</span></div></li><li class="li1"><div class="de1"><span class="br0">&#125;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">;</span></div></li></ol></pre></div><div class="nonumbers"><pre class="javascript" style="font-family:monospace;">YUI<span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span>.<span class="kw2">use</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="st0">&quot;datatype-date&quot;</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="kw2">function</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span>Y<span class="br0">&#41;</span> <span class="br0">&#123;</span>
    <span class="kw2">var</span> output <span class="sy0">=</span> Y.<span class="me1">DataType</span>.<span class="me1">Date</span>.<span class="me1">format</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="kw2">new</span> Date<span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="br0">&#125;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">;</span>
    <span class="kw3">alert</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span>output<span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">;</span>
<span class="br0">&#125;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">;</span></pre></div><textarea id="syntax-a7c6025ef928e82e09e6f22d6f0db395-plain">YUI().use("datatype-date", function(Y) {
    var output = Y.DataType.Date.format(new Date()});
    alert(output);
});</textarea></div>
<p>The <code>format</code> configuration property accepts <code>strftime</code> tokens:</p>

<div id="syntax-b545529933647069359aebfb1532ac6b" class="yui-syntax-highlight"><div class="numbers"><pre class="javascript" style="font-family:monospace;"><ol><li class="li1"><div class="de1">YUI<span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span>.<span class="kw2">use</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="st0">&quot;datatype-date&quot;</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="kw2">function</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span>Y<span class="br0">&#41;</span> <span class="br0">&#123;</span></div></li><li class="li1"><div class="de1">    <span class="kw2">var</span> output <span class="sy0">=</span> Y.<span class="me1">DataType</span>.<span class="me1">Date</span>.<span class="me1">format</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="kw2">new</span> Date<span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="br0">&#123;</span>format<span class="sy0">:</span><span class="st0">&quot;%F&quot;</span><span class="br0">&#125;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">;</span></div></li><li class="li1"><div class="de1">    <span class="kw3">alert</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span>output<span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">;</span></div></li><li class="li1"><div class="de1">&nbsp;</div></li><li class="li2"><div class="de2">    output <span class="sy0">=</span> Y.<span class="me1">DataType</span>.<span class="me1">Date</span>.<span class="me1">format</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="kw2">new</span> Date<span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="br0">&#123;</span>format<span class="sy0">:</span><span class="st0">&quot;%r&quot;</span><span class="br0">&#125;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">;</span></div></li><li class="li1"><div class="de1">    <span class="kw3">alert</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span>output<span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">;</span></div></li><li class="li1"><div class="de1">&nbsp;</div></li><li class="li1"><div class="de1">    output <span class="sy0">=</span> Y.<span class="me1">DataType</span>.<span class="me1">Date</span>.<span class="me1">format</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="kw2">new</span> Date<span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="br0">&#123;</span>format<span class="sy0">:</span><span class="st0">&quot;%Y-%m-%d %T </span></div></li><li class="li1"><div class="de1"><span class="st0"> %B, %A&quot;</span><span class="br0">&#125;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">;</span></div></li><li class="li2"><div class="de2">    <span class="kw3">alert</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span>output<span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">;</span></div></li><li class="li1"><div class="de1"><span class="br0">&#125;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">;</span></div></li></ol></pre></div><div class="nonumbers"><pre class="javascript" style="font-family:monospace;">YUI<span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span>.<span class="kw2">use</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="st0">&quot;datatype-date&quot;</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="kw2">function</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span>Y<span class="br0">&#41;</span> <span class="br0">&#123;</span>
    <span class="kw2">var</span> output <span class="sy0">=</span> Y.<span class="me1">DataType</span>.<span class="me1">Date</span>.<span class="me1">format</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="kw2">new</span> Date<span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="br0">&#123;</span>format<span class="sy0">:</span><span class="st0">&quot;%F&quot;</span><span class="br0">&#125;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">;</span>
    <span class="kw3">alert</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span>output<span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">;</span>
&nbsp;
    output <span class="sy0">=</span> Y.<span class="me1">DataType</span>.<span class="me1">Date</span>.<span class="me1">format</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="kw2">new</span> Date<span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="br0">&#123;</span>format<span class="sy0">:</span><span class="st0">&quot;%r&quot;</span><span class="br0">&#125;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">;</span>
    <span class="kw3">alert</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span>output<span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">;</span>
&nbsp;
    output <span class="sy0">=</span> Y.<span class="me1">DataType</span>.<span class="me1">Date</span>.<span class="me1">format</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="kw2">new</span> Date<span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="br0">&#123;</span>format<span class="sy0">:</span><span class="st0">&quot;%Y-%m-%d %T 
 %B, %A&quot;</span><span class="br0">&#125;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">;</span>
    <span class="kw3">alert</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span>output<span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">;</span>
<span class="br0">&#125;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">;</span></pre></div><textarea id="syntax-b545529933647069359aebfb1532ac6b-plain">YUI().use("datatype-date", function(Y) {
    var output = Y.DataType.Date.format(new Date(), {format:"%F"});
    alert(output);

    output = Y.DataType.Date.format(new Date(), {format:"%r"});
    alert(output);

    output = Y.DataType.Date.format(new Date(), {format:"%Y-%m-%d %T 
 %B, %A"});
    alert(output);
});</textarea></div>
<p>The following locales are built-in and available by default: <code>"en"</code>, <code>"en-AU"</code>, <code>"en-GB"</code>, and <code>"en-US"</code>.</p>

<div id="syntax-921289e0a8497712441fa284975f8707" class="yui-syntax-highlight"><div class="numbers"><pre class="javascript" style="font-family:monospace;"><ol><li class="li1"><div class="de1">YUI<span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span>.<span class="kw2">use</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="st0">&quot;datatype-date&quot;</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="kw2">function</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span>Y<span class="br0">&#41;</span> <span class="br0">&#123;</span></div></li><li class="li1"><div class="de1">    <span class="kw2">var</span> output <span class="sy0">=</span> Y.<span class="me1">DataType</span>.<span class="me1">Date</span>.<span class="me1">format</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="kw2">new</span> Date<span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="br0">&#123;</span>format<span class="sy0">:</span><span class="st0">&quot;%r&quot;</span><span class="br0">&#125;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">;</span></div></li><li class="li1"><div class="de1">    <span class="kw3">alert</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span>output<span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">;</span></div></li><li class="li1"><div class="de1">&nbsp;</div></li><li class="li2"><div class="de2">    output <span class="sy0">=</span> Y.<span class="me1">DataType</span>.<span class="me1">Date</span>.<span class="me1">format</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="kw2">new</span> Date<span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="br0">&#123;</span>format<span class="sy0">:</span><span class="st0">&quot;%r&quot;</span><span class="sy0">,</span> locale<span class="sy0">:</span><span class="st0">&quot;en-GB&quot;</span><span class="br0">&#125;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">;</span></div></li><li class="li1"><div class="de1">    <span class="kw3">alert</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span>output<span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">;</span></div></li><li class="li1"><div class="de1"><span class="br0">&#125;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">;</span></div></li></ol></pre></div><div class="nonumbers"><pre class="javascript" style="font-family:monospace;">YUI<span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span>.<span class="kw2">use</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="st0">&quot;datatype-date&quot;</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="kw2">function</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span>Y<span class="br0">&#41;</span> <span class="br0">&#123;</span>
    <span class="kw2">var</span> output <span class="sy0">=</span> Y.<span class="me1">DataType</span>.<span class="me1">Date</span>.<span class="me1">format</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="kw2">new</span> Date<span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="br0">&#123;</span>format<span class="sy0">:</span><span class="st0">&quot;%r&quot;</span><span class="br0">&#125;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">;</span>
    <span class="kw3">alert</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span>output<span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">;</span>
&nbsp;
    output <span class="sy0">=</span> Y.<span class="me1">DataType</span>.<span class="me1">Date</span>.<span class="me1">format</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="kw2">new</span> Date<span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="br0">&#123;</span>format<span class="sy0">:</span><span class="st0">&quot;%r&quot;</span><span class="sy0">,</span> locale<span class="sy0">:</span><span class="st0">&quot;en-GB&quot;</span><span class="br0">&#125;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">;</span>
    <span class="kw3">alert</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span>output<span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">;</span>
<span class="br0">&#125;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">;</span></pre></div><textarea id="syntax-921289e0a8497712441fa284975f8707-plain">YUI().use("datatype-date", function(Y) {
    var output = Y.DataType.Date.format(new Date(), {format:"%r"});
    alert(output);

    output = Y.DataType.Date.format(new Date(), {format:"%r", locale:"en-GB"});
    alert(output);
});</textarea></div>
<p>Additional locales may be added for your implementation:</p>

<div id="syntax-95b28cbe9ee14a2cb611f2f2cdda6d8e" class="yui-syntax-highlight"><div class="numbers"><pre class="javascript" style="font-family:monospace;"><ol><li class="li1"><div class="de1">YUI<span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span>.<span class="kw2">use</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="st0">&quot;datatype-date&quot;</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="kw2">function</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span>Y<span class="br0">&#41;</span> <span class="br0">&#123;</span></div></li><li class="li1"><div class="de1">    Y.<span class="me1">DataType</span>.<span class="me1">Date</span>.<span class="me1">Locale</span><span class="br0">&#91;</span><span class="st0">'fr'</span><span class="br0">&#93;</span> <span class="sy0">=</span> Y.<span class="me1">merge</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span>Y.<span class="me1">DataType</span>.<span class="me1">Date</span>.<span class="me1">Locale</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="br0">&#123;</span></div></li><li class="li1"><div class="de1">    	a<span class="sy0">:</span> <span class="br0">&#91;</span><span class="st0">'Dim'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Lun'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Mar'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Mer'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Jeu'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Ven'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Sam'</span><span class="br0">&#93;</span><span class="sy0">,</span></div></li><li class="li1"><div class="de1">    	A<span class="sy0">:</span> <span class="br0">&#91;</span><span class="st0">'Dimanche'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Lundi'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Mardi'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Mercredi'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Jeudi'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Vendredi'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Samedi'</span><span class="br0">&#93;</span><span class="sy0">,</span></div></li><li class="li2"><div class="de2">    	b<span class="sy0">:</span> <span class="br0">&#91;</span><span class="st0">'Jan'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Fév'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Mar'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Avr'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Mai'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Jun'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Jui'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Aoû'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Sep'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Cct'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Nov'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Déc'</span><span class="br0">&#93;</span><span class="sy0">,</span></div></li><li class="li1"><div class="de1">    	B<span class="sy0">:</span> <span class="br0">&#91;</span><span class="st0">'Janvier'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Février'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Mars'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Avril'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Mai'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Juin'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Juillet'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Août'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Septembre'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Octobre'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Novembre'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Décembre'</span><span class="br0">&#93;</span><span class="sy0">,</span></div></li><li class="li1"><div class="de1">    	c<span class="sy0">:</span> <span class="st0">'%a %d %b %Y %T %Z'</span><span class="sy0">,</span></div></li><li class="li1"><div class="de1">    	p<span class="sy0">:</span> <span class="br0">&#91;</span><span class="st0">''</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">''</span><span class="br0">&#93;</span><span class="sy0">,</span></div></li><li class="li1"><div class="de1">    	P<span class="sy0">:</span> <span class="br0">&#91;</span><span class="st0">''</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">''</span><span class="br0">&#93;</span><span class="sy0">,</span></div></li><li class="li2"><div class="de2">    	x<span class="sy0">:</span> <span class="st0">'%d.%m.%Y'</span><span class="sy0">,</span></div></li><li class="li1"><div class="de1">    	X<span class="sy0">:</span> <span class="st0">'%T'</span></div></li><li class="li1"><div class="de1">    <span class="br0">&#125;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">;</span></div></li><li class="li1"><div class="de1">&nbsp;</div></li><li class="li1"><div class="de1">    <span class="kw2">var</span> output <span class="sy0">=</span> Y.<span class="me1">DataType</span>.<span class="me1">Date</span>.<span class="me1">format</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="kw2">new</span> Date<span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="br0">&#123;</span>format<span class="sy0">:</span><span class="st0">&quot;%c&quot;</span><span class="sy0">,</span> locale<span class="sy0">:</span><span class="st0">&quot;fr&quot;</span><span class="br0">&#125;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">;</span></div></li><li class="li2"><div class="de2">    <span class="kw3">alert</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span>output<span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">;</span></div></li><li class="li1"><div class="de1"><span class="br0">&#125;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">;</span></div></li></ol></pre></div><div class="nonumbers"><pre class="javascript" style="font-family:monospace;">YUI<span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span>.<span class="kw2">use</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="st0">&quot;datatype-date&quot;</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="kw2">function</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span>Y<span class="br0">&#41;</span> <span class="br0">&#123;</span>
    Y.<span class="me1">DataType</span>.<span class="me1">Date</span>.<span class="me1">Locale</span><span class="br0">&#91;</span><span class="st0">'fr'</span><span class="br0">&#93;</span> <span class="sy0">=</span> Y.<span class="me1">merge</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span>Y.<span class="me1">DataType</span>.<span class="me1">Date</span>.<span class="me1">Locale</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="br0">&#123;</span>
    	a<span class="sy0">:</span> <span class="br0">&#91;</span><span class="st0">'Dim'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Lun'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Mar'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Mer'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Jeu'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Ven'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Sam'</span><span class="br0">&#93;</span><span class="sy0">,</span>
    	A<span class="sy0">:</span> <span class="br0">&#91;</span><span class="st0">'Dimanche'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Lundi'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Mardi'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Mercredi'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Jeudi'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Vendredi'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Samedi'</span><span class="br0">&#93;</span><span class="sy0">,</span>
    	b<span class="sy0">:</span> <span class="br0">&#91;</span><span class="st0">'Jan'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Fév'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Mar'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Avr'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Mai'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Jun'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Jui'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Aoû'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Sep'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Cct'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Nov'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Déc'</span><span class="br0">&#93;</span><span class="sy0">,</span>
    	B<span class="sy0">:</span> <span class="br0">&#91;</span><span class="st0">'Janvier'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Février'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Mars'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Avril'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Mai'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Juin'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Juillet'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Août'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Septembre'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Octobre'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Novembre'</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">'Décembre'</span><span class="br0">&#93;</span><span class="sy0">,</span>
    	c<span class="sy0">:</span> <span class="st0">'%a %d %b %Y %T %Z'</span><span class="sy0">,</span>
    	p<span class="sy0">:</span> <span class="br0">&#91;</span><span class="st0">''</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">''</span><span class="br0">&#93;</span><span class="sy0">,</span>
    	P<span class="sy0">:</span> <span class="br0">&#91;</span><span class="st0">''</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">''</span><span class="br0">&#93;</span><span class="sy0">,</span>
    	x<span class="sy0">:</span> <span class="st0">'%d.%m.%Y'</span><span class="sy0">,</span>
    	X<span class="sy0">:</span> <span class="st0">'%T'</span>
    <span class="br0">&#125;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">;</span>
&nbsp;
    <span class="kw2">var</span> output <span class="sy0">=</span> Y.<span class="me1">DataType</span>.<span class="me1">Date</span>.<span class="me1">format</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="kw2">new</span> Date<span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="br0">&#123;</span>format<span class="sy0">:</span><span class="st0">&quot;%c&quot;</span><span class="sy0">,</span> locale<span class="sy0">:</span><span class="st0">&quot;fr&quot;</span><span class="br0">&#125;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">;</span>
    <span class="kw3">alert</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span>output<span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">;</span>
<span class="br0">&#125;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">;</span></pre></div><textarea id="syntax-95b28cbe9ee14a2cb611f2f2cdda6d8e-plain">YUI().use("datatype-date", function(Y) {
    Y.DataType.Date.Locale['fr'] = Y.merge(Y.DataType.Date.Locale, {
    	a: ['Dim', 'Lun', 'Mar', 'Mer', 'Jeu', 'Ven', 'Sam'],
    	A: ['Dimanche', 'Lundi', 'Mardi', 'Mercredi', 'Jeudi', 'Vendredi', 'Samedi'],
    	b: ['Jan', 'Fév', 'Mar', 'Avr', 'Mai', 'Jun', 'Jui', 'Aoû', 'Sep', 'Cct', 'Nov', 'Déc'],
    	B: ['Janvier', 'Février', 'Mars', 'Avril', 'Mai', 'Juin', 'Juillet', 'Août', 'Septembre', 'Octobre', 'Novembre', 'Décembre'],
    	c: '%a %d %b %Y %T %Z',
    	p: ['', ''],
    	P: ['', ''],
    	x: '%d.%m.%Y',
    	X: '%T'
    });

    var output = Y.DataType.Date.format(new Date(), {format:"%c", locale:"fr"});
    alert(output);
});</textarea></div>
<p>The default format and locale may by defined globally via the <code>Y.config</code> configuration object:</p>

<div id="syntax-743832b7d0972491894048052968cde5" class="yui-syntax-highlight"><div class="numbers"><pre class="javascript" style="font-family:monospace;"><ol><li class="li1"><div class="de1">YUI<span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span>.<span class="kw2">use</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="st0">&quot;datatype-date&quot;</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="kw2">function</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span>Y<span class="br0">&#41;</span> <span class="br0">&#123;</span></div></li><li class="li1"><div class="de1">    Y.<span class="me1">config</span>.<span class="me1">dateFormat</span> <span class="sy0">=</span> <span class="st0">&quot;%c&quot;</span><span class="sy0">;</span></div></li><li class="li1"><div class="de1">    Y.<span class="me1">config</span>.<span class="me1">locale</span> <span class="sy0">=</span> <span class="st0">&quot;en-GB&quot;</span><span class="sy0">;</span></div></li><li class="li1"><div class="de1">&nbsp;</div></li><li class="li2"><div class="de2">    <span class="co1">// Defaults to global format &quot;%c&quot; and locale &quot;en-GB&quot;</span></div></li><li class="li1"><div class="de1">    <span class="kw2">var</span> output <span class="sy0">=</span> Y.<span class="me1">DataType</span>.<span class="me1">Date</span>.<span class="me1">format</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="kw2">new</span> Date<span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">;</span></div></li><li class="li1"><div class="de1">    <span class="kw3">alert</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span>output<span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">;</span></div></li><li class="li1"><div class="de1"><span class="br0">&#125;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">;</span></div></li></ol></pre></div><div class="nonumbers"><pre class="javascript" style="font-family:monospace;">YUI<span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span>.<span class="kw2">use</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="st0">&quot;datatype-date&quot;</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="kw2">function</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span>Y<span class="br0">&#41;</span> <span class="br0">&#123;</span>
    Y.<span class="me1">config</span>.<span class="me1">dateFormat</span> <span class="sy0">=</span> <span class="st0">&quot;%c&quot;</span><span class="sy0">;</span>
    Y.<span class="me1">config</span>.<span class="me1">locale</span> <span class="sy0">=</span> <span class="st0">&quot;en-GB&quot;</span><span class="sy0">;</span>
&nbsp;
    <span class="co1">// Defaults to global format &quot;%c&quot; and locale &quot;en-GB&quot;</span>
    <span class="kw2">var</span> output <span class="sy0">=</span> Y.<span class="me1">DataType</span>.<span class="me1">Date</span>.<span class="me1">format</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="kw2">new</span> Date<span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">;</span>
    <span class="kw3">alert</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span>output<span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">;</span>
<span class="br0">&#125;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">;</span></pre></div><textarea id="syntax-743832b7d0972491894048052968cde5-plain">YUI().use("datatype-date", function(Y) {
    Y.config.dateFormat = "%c";
    Y.config.locale = "en-GB";

    // Defaults to global format "%c" and locale "en-GB"
    var output = Y.DataType.Date.format(new Date());
    alert(output);
});</textarea></div>				</div>
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